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Seek and ye shall find: North Dakota breach affecting state employees and volunteers bigger than originally realized

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

From the North Dakota Information Technology Department, yesterday: ITD has completed its investigation stemming from a cyber-attack that occurred on an ITD-hosted server earlier this summer. Upon identifying the attack, ITD immediately secured the server, locked down the data, and started an investigation. Since that time, the department has been working with federal and state…

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Court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against Advocate Medical Group over 2013 data breach

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

Ian Fullerton reports the latest development in a case that I’ve been following on PHIprivacy.net and this site since August 2013: Advocate Medical Group has been cleared in a case charging the organization with compromising patient privacy following a 2013 breach of its records. The lawsuit alleged that patients of Advocate had been put at…

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More details emerge on UVa attack

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

Dean Seal has some additional details on the University of Virginia attack reported yesterday. Of note, the attack appeared to be from China and specifically targeted the email accounts of two employees whose work is connected with China. Read more on Daily Progress.

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Illinois Dept. of Corrections says personal data of at least 1,000 employees accidentally released in response to FOIA request

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

Leeann Shelton reports another privacy breach due to a response to a Freedom of Information request: More than 1,000 Social Security numbers belonging to Illinois Department of Corrections employees were inadvertently released in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The affected employees work at the Lawrence and Dixon correctional centers, Acting IDOC…

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University of Virginia information technology systems compromised by hackers

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Dissent

Ella Shoup reports: Several portions of the University’s information technology systems were illegally accessed by “sophisticated attackers originating in China” earlier this year, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Hogan said in an email Friday to members of the University community. The University first became aware of a possible breach when notified by…

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NV: Hacker breaks into city of Henderson computer server

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Dissent

Eric Hartley reports: A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected, officials said this week. The city said no personal or sensitive information was compromised, with the hacker only being able to see the raw versions of public data that are…

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